🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Dec15.195018.5227@afs.com> greg@afs.com (Gregory H.  
Anderson) writes:
> 
> *soap box on*
> Why won't anyone invest in training their employees anymore? Why must  
> everyone come pre-programmed for the specific job available? I'd rather  
> teach programming to smart liberal arts majors who know how to think,  
than  
> teach thinking to a bunch of computer linguists who only know how to  
code.
> *soap box off*
> 

* gross generalizations on *
Many companies do.   For example Anderson Consulting, a multi-national  
consulting firm, spends about six months training all its new employess.   
The computer industry, however, typically has a high turnover rate; many  
employees usually stay with a company for only a few years at a time  
before moving on to the next one (in many cases, the company's  
competitor).  It's hard for a company with a high turn over rate to  
justify spending gobs of money training people who are going to leave  
shortly thereafter.
* gross generalizations off *

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